Friday, January 14, 2011

my dad's Christmas present

For my dad's gift this year I decided to do a calligraphy of part two of his favorite psalm, Psalm 19. I made part one for his birthday last year.

I had an entirely different idea of what this calligraphy was going to look like when I started, but it simply was not working. I became tired, discouraged, and (I must admit) a little frustrated, so I put it away. When I finally returned to the project just days before Christmas, I just didn't have it in me to continue rehashing the old plan and came up with a new one instead.

I'm very pleased with how it ended up turning out. I love the contrast of the two fonts and was delighted with how perfectly the text fit in the frame.

3 comments:

SarahZ said...

Beautiful! Exquisite lettering! And unassailable Truth:)

stitching under oaks said...

both of your calligraphy gifts are gorgeous and they are both so uniquely different. I'm sure your parents loved them.

Tammie said...

you did such a beautiful job. your work is a treasure to us, and blesses us continually.